Gotta Brag on Rob

As most of you know, he's doing P90 but he's doing it in his own way. He sometimes has to work LOOOOONG hours with short nights in between. (For instance, he'll be home sometime between 8 & 9 on Saturday, working about 13 hours, and has to be up at 4am on Sunday.) Plus, his work has him on his feet and moving, a lot, sometimes setting up gear, climbing up and down ladders and such. So he did four weeks of P90 A but he hadn't really done the ab workout at all. The fourth week, he increased his weights from 5 lbs to 7.5 lbs.

Instead of moving onto B, he has decided to stick with A for another 4 weeks. On days when he's working, he is not going to do the 30 minute workout but he did say he wanted to try to do the ab workout because something is better than nothing.

This morning I woke up and I could tell he had done the ab workout. And this after a very long, physical day at work yesterday. I am sure he'll not do anything today (another long one) but he'll do at least abs on Saturday and Monday he'll be back to doing a full workout.

Yay Rob!

Morning Workout

Yes, my quads, hamstrings, and glutes are sore! Calves are sore too. What was I thinking? Ugh!

21DFX: W1/D5: Cardio Fix Extreme
I had a hard time modifying the moves. Chariesse (yes, that's how her name is spelled) doesn't keep things low impact like Kat. And when Autumn has us doing fast feet, I struggled to figure out what to do to protect my joints. I honestly thought I had it figured out. I'd do a boxer's shuffle and could still do the little hop thing. But no. I could tell that my form was off and was twisting my leg inappropriately. You really need to be able to do the hop/jump to get a good turn and low impact means one foot is on the floor at all times. I tried just stepping out and back with one foot but that was turning my knee in a weird way. So I may just stick with a boxer's shuffle and no hop and back thing at all. I also struggled with the skaters at the end because my balance was off.

It wasn't pretty but I got through it!

Slim in 6: Start It Up
Last day of my doing Start It Up. I actually took a break between workouts to take the dogs out (a second time) and get Rob's lunch made before sending him off to work. I was dripping sweat by the time I got to the push-ups. Managed to get through everything even after pushing myself through 21 Day Fix.

@deltayork Mine are crossed too because I really want to see lower numbers before seeing my family in July.

@germany03 You and my husband kick *kitten*!

@haleymiller0707 I have done Pilates before and it is tough. No doubt about it. I honestly think the Pilates Fix is tougher than Pilates Fix Extreme but I have only done the latter one time and may change my opinion about it after another round.

@TheFo1dOut I was thinking the same thing this morning, nothing left in the tank and you want me to do the toughest cardio of the week???? But I guess it's good, we work so hard that it makes us want to keep it up over the weekend. At least that's what I told myself. Good luck keeping on track this weekend...if you start to falter, come here and we will all kick your butt back into gear!

Hi ladies, going out of town this week has gotten the better of me. I went totally of track and am nearing the end of r1. Not good at all. I am going to continue on with workouts for the next couple of days, meal plan and drink my water and cross my fingers that the scale/measuring tape moves a little to salvage some of the hard work I have been doing over the past 3 weeks.
Have a great day, I am off to get a workout in.

@TheFo1dOut I think Cardio Fix is cruel any day of the week. If you do doubles, you do Cardio Fix on Tuesday too. Trust me. Whatever day of the week it falls on, it's just cruel!

Not as cruel as Dirty 30 Extreme though. WTH was that? Ugh. And I thought Cardio Fix Extreme was tough.

BTW, my ankle is not happy today so I'm guessing that either some of my losing my balance yesterday during Cardio Fix Extreme compromised my ankle or in trying to keep everything low impact I wasn't stepping things out as carefully as I should have. I'll take something for the pain and go for a walk with my walking buddy who will be here any minute because, obviously, the discomfort wasn't enough to stop me from doing Dirty 30 Extreme today.

Seriously. WTH was that???

Slim in 6 I did the Slim & 6-Pack and Slim & Limber. Today I was supposed to do Thin Thighs Guaranteed. My original plan was T-Th-Sa but now I'm thinking, what with my walking with my friend on Saturdays, I should just move it to Sunday and still do it on Tuesday and Thursday.

Anyway, I hit the ground running and I don't have a lot of time. Took a post-morning workout shower and I have to take the dogs out before my walking buddy gets here. When I get back home, I'll shower again because I have company coming over later but before that even happens my son and I are going to do a video chat. Oh boy!

Busy morning. Have a great weekend everyone!

Sigh. Last night I fell off the wagon...hard.

I've been doing really good. Was sitting down to dinner at 8pm after a long day. All 3 kids were gone. Hubby looks at me and says "would going out for ice cream throw you off your plan?". I thought for a minute, then told him "yes, but let's do it"...so I put my salad away and had salted caramel truffle frozen custard for dinner.

Today I'm back on track. Finally getting comfortable experimenting with changing my meals up a bit. Instead of my usual eggs, fruit and pb toast for breakfast, I had cottage cheese, fruit and pb toast. The other day I had turkey slices as part of my afternoon snack. Next round I want to experiment with some pasta instead of rice or couscous as my carb.

@sarahrbraun look at the bright side...Atleast your hubby was considered enough to ASK how it would affect your plan ... I probably would have put the salad up too. You have to live a little right...important thing is that today is a good day.
I wish I would have my workout done already today.. but I have been running errands ever since I've got up and just finally got home to eat lunch. I think I'll let that settle down first a bit b4 pushing play. Have a great day everyone!!!

Weekly Weigh-In
Lost 2 lbs this week. I don't know if it's because I'm doing 8 Hour Abs Diet, Slim in 6, or 21 Day Fix Extreme or a combination of the three but I'll take it. This morning, I tried on a pair of jeans that just a few weeks ago I couldn't pull up over my thighs and I was able to button them up. No, I can't wear them in public. Yet.

@sarahrbraun A treat here and there is okay. My coach recommends having treat meals once a week. One meal, not a whole day, but I already know I'm going to have a treat day next week so I'm not indulging in a treat meal this week.

@deltayork I found a video of Autumn talking about Quest bars. I'm pretty sure I shared a link here in this group but I forget where. Regardless, no Quest bars are not Fix-Approved. However, Autumn does say as an occasional treat they are okay. The thing is, she does mean "occasionally" as in not more than once a week. Most people eat them daily. My husband loves Kind bars. They are made with non-GMO ingredients, all natural, with no sweeteners (except natural honey and such). Quest bars have added things like sucralose. If you want a protein bar, why not make some of your own? There are recipes all over that use Shakeology and/or other protein powders and that way you can control the nutritional value. If you look the beachbody website for recipes, you'll see they have a few and they even tell you which containers to count when having a protein bar/ball/whatever.

Morning Workout

Slim in 6: Thin Thighs Guaranteed
One of the bonus workouts from the 80s but it's a good basic and quick routine with squats and such. Since all of the inches I've been gaining these past few weeks have landed in my thighs, I'm hoping to see smaller numbers two weeks from tomorrow when I do my measurements again.

21DFX: W1/D7: Yoga Fix Extreme
Ooof! I feel about this workout what I did when I first started PiYo--like I'll never be able to do this all the way through. But at least I tried! That Dog Flip move is the same as the PiYo Flip. And I have a balance disorder so the balance series . . . and Lord of the Dance (I forget what Autumn calls it but she calls it something close to what it is) . . . and Warrior III . . . . I struggled and didn't do everything. My standing split is more like a right-angle split. And don't even get me start on Crow!

But you know, I was so sure I'd never improve in PiYo, until I did, and, by the end of the 8 weeks, there were a couple of the workouts where I was able to get through from beginning to end. So maybe someday I'll be able to really enjoy this yoga practice.

Today was not that day.

@sarahrbraun, I know a lot of people who eat salads due to the heat. They make more then just your usual lettuce and veggies one.

Yoga fix is done this morning. I feel great being home and being back on track.

Update:
I've completed Yoga Fix and I found it alot more difficult than expected...but my body feels sooo good and loose right now.

I've lost track of my rounds and days. I've been doing a 21DFx workout most days for the past 6 weeks. I'm not following Amber's schedule, just doing what I feel like, balancing cardio, upper and lower body.

I did Cardio Extreme today and much prefer that to the regular Fix Cardio. Fix has more high intensity moves that bother my knees. I've said it a dozen times but I love these workouts. I will probably not do Plyo Fix Extreme or regular Fix Cardio again but I enjoy all of the remaining workouts.

I'm doing Weight Watchers, just joined a meeting yesterday. In my search for a non-WW app with WW points info. I came across a "container counting" app with the 21DFx container colors and amounts. Just an FYI if you're interested.

Bah Humbug

Not sure whether it was the workout or the insomnia but I am done. All day yesterday we tried to get the second DVD in Slim in 6 to work. We tried it in an external DVD player, in an old laptop, in my husband's laptop, in one DVD player, in another DVD player and . . . it didn't want to work anywhere. It would start but then stutter and stall and stop altogether.

Since my daughter gave it to me second hand, I can't return and/or exchange it so I'm stuck. I figured I'd just alternate, disc 1 and disc 3 for the next 2 weeks when I would have been, should have been, could have been using disc 2.

But first . . .

Morning Workout

21DFX: W2/D1: Plyo Fix Extreme
My ankle is hurting and trying to do plyo low-impact was confusing. Maybe it's because I didn't get a full night's sleep (thanks to my friend who sent me a text at 1 and my hot flashes and inability to go back to sleep) but it was just friggin' hard this morning. I did my best and I just know that I'll be feeling it all over tomorrow.

Slim in 6: W2/D1: Burn It Up
Ugh ugh ugh. I worked through almost all of this but I have a feeling that the second disc would have helped me build up to it better. I was feeling a bit nauseous as I was pouring sweat and happy when it was finally over. Now I just want to rehydrate and pretend that I'm not going to do this DVD ever again although I know I'll probably end up doing it again on Wednesday because, as I said, I'm alternating this workout with the first one. I really wish the second disc worked. I am so disappointed.

@sarahrbraun If I didn't exercise early in the morning, I probably wouldn't do it at all. It's cooler and I'm too tired to really think about what I'm about to do to myself.



@walkdmc Do you have a link and/or name for the app?

@SatiaRenee I'm a fan of morning workouts too. If I wait til later in the day, life happens and my workout does not. On trainer days I am in the gym and warming up by 845. On off days I'm usually in there by 8.

Started 21DF today!

Just finished all of the T25 program (from Alpha - Gamma, but not the hybrid) and thought I would give 21DF a try! I've had the program for 6+ months now, but was too out of shape to do the program consistently enough. Hoping that with T25 under my belt I'll be able to finish all 21 days this time!

Started 21 day fix extreme today!!! Wow, plyo fix extreme was....interesting? Haha. My balance sucks on the lunge jumps. Looking forward to the other ones though. (I say that now right?)

So, I was doing insanity.... Today would be day 16. I might try and do both but we'll see how that goes, and how I feel tonight heh. In 16 days of insanity I lost one inch (actually two but my arms also gained half an inch each) *flex* and 2 lbs, definitely more toned and I'm sure my cardio endurance has improved greatly. I'd just like to see a bigger jump in numbers and hopefully 21dfx can give me that. Scale has been slow moving lately.

Hi all. I am on Day 17 of the first round of 21 day fix. My fiance and I are doing it together (which is awesome because he is extremely motivating). I hate exercising. But realize that in order to make any changes you need a combination of the two. We actually started eating like the containers a week before we got our stuff, so we are on day 24 of the eating plan. And it works out well because we are both on the same calorie level.

We are both down in weight - I have lost 4.7 lbs total but SIX inches. My profile picture is me at the start and me at 15 days in - I see such a huge difference in my shape! My dude is down 7 lbs and about 4 inches total. We are going to continue clean eating after this and we are still going to exercise, just not every day. Every second day is going to be our target.